Written by

Glenn Guilbeau

Two days before the holiday, LSU players and coaches labored arduously and sloppily to a 24-7 third quarter deficit, but come the 11th hour, NRG Stadium may as well have been Tiger Stadium on a Saturday night. And the clock struck midnight for No. 14 Wisconsin in a 28-24 loss in front of 71,599 in the 2014 season opener for both teams.

"I think the point was made that it's time, it's time. It's time that we stopped shooting ourselves in the foot," LSU coach Les Miles said.

But when he told his team that at halftime while down 17-7, it was also time to be back out on the field, and the Tigers did not make it. A ...